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For the Master
Replicas "Black Hole" ShadowTrooper Helmet review
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....otherwise Continue below since Altmann's is the only Licensed company to
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Miscellaneous Altmanns Helmets |
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Altmann's Star Wars replica helmets varied hugely in quality. On one extreme
they produced some really excellent replicas with the Biker Scout,
Imperial Guard and Boussh helmets. However their Stormtrooper and Darth
Vader were really quite disappointing. Seems odd that their most important
helmets (from a sales perspective) were the ones that they had most
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Altmanns Imperial Fleet and
Death Star Gunner Helmets
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| The Imperial Guard looks
rather nice, and is one of Altmann's better helmets and certainly
better than the unmodified Don Post. The image to the left is from
their official catalogue and the one on the right is from BothanSpy's
personal collection. |
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| Above and below-left show Altmann's
rather nice Imperial Fleet trooper, photo's by Neil TK-067 from the UKG. As can be seen from these images it looks like a good 'un from
down-under. Very good overall likeness although clearly undersize. |
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Above, BothanSpy's Death Star Gunner, and
below the same helmet from the collection of Bill McC. Bill
tells me that the overall build quality is very good, although it's VERY
small. |
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Above, Helmet looks excellent its just a shame its not
1:1 |
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Altmanns Luke Skywalker
X-Wing Plot Helmet |
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| Here's a couple of good pics (above
and below) sent to me by The Colonel, showing Altmann's very nice looking
X-Wing helmet (left), and how it compares with the Don Post version. Apart
from the obvious build quality of the Altmann's, its also quite a lot
bigger than the DP who in most cases tended to build to suit a kids head! |
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| Above and below some new shots of
the Altman's X-Wing helmet. Like the Scout Trooper this is a nice helmet
not least because the painting and weathering is extremely good for a
mass-produced item. |
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| ...and below a couple of shots of
the Rebel Fleet Trooper Helmet. This looks to be quite an accurate
looking helmet although as with a number of Altmann's helmets is very much
undersized. Shame really as it does look nice. |
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Altmanns Imperial TIE Pilot Helmet
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Below, their TIE which like the Stormtrooper is not so
accurate (and rather small) |
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| ...and below a shot from the rear
of the TIE and also on the right as we segue to the Rebel Fleet Helmet -
as seen on the Tantive IV. |
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Altmann's "Version 2"
(2005)
TIE Pilot Helmet |
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Above was the newer , 2005 version TIE
pilot helmet from Steve Altmann,
which is
a major improvement on the old design and along with the armour looks really
great (photo thanks
to Niko). Its based on a Cameron Oakley Stormtrooper faceplate along with a
CO set of hemispheres used for his X-Wing fighter. Its now a much improved
piece based on existing, real helmet sources rather than a bespoke sculpt.
This really is a huge improvement over its predecessor - well done! |
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Altmanns Imperial AT-AT Driver Helmet |
| Below some shots of Altmann's
replica AT-AT helmet, one of very few licensed AT-AT helmet ever produced by
the many vendors. |
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this with the original helmets it really does come across as an extremely
inaccurate helmet. Based on the same v1 sculpt used for the Altmann's TIE
helmet, its at best a "representation" of the AT-AT rather than any kind of
true replica. Oh and its white and not grey - so they got that wrong too. |
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| Below a side view, which again
better illustrates its limitations. Shame really as Altmann's and Anovos are
the only licensed companies to have attempted this helmet - leaving the fan-made
producers a clear run at it. |
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Altmann's Life-Size R2-D2
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licensed product or not but Altmanns also made a really nice looking
R2! Thanks to Marty in Canada for these Photos. |
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